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<h3 class="section">8.243 <code>SHAPE</code> &mdash; Determine the shape of an array</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Determines the shape of an array.
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</dd>
<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 90 and later, with <var>KIND</var> argument Fortran 2003 and later
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<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Inquiry function
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>RESULT = SHAPE(SOURCE [, KIND])</code>
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
<dd><table>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>SOURCE</var></td><td width="70%">Shall be an array or scalar of any type. 
If <var>SOURCE</var> is a pointer it must be associated and allocatable 
arrays must be allocated.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>KIND</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) A scalar <code>INTEGER</code> constant
expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.</td></tr>
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<dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>An <code>INTEGER</code> array of rank one with as many elements as <var>SOURCE</var> 
has dimensions. The elements of the resulting array correspond to the extend
of <var>SOURCE</var> along the respective dimensions. If <var>SOURCE</var> is a scalar,
the result is the rank one array of size zero. If <var>KIND</var> is absent, the
return value has the default integer kind otherwise the specified kind.
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<pre class="smallexample">PROGRAM test_shape
  INTEGER, DIMENSION(-1:1, -1:2) :: A
  WRITE(*,*) SHAPE(A)             ! (/ 3, 4 /)
  WRITE(*,*) SIZE(SHAPE(42))      ! (/ /)
END PROGRAM
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<dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="RESHAPE.html#RESHAPE">RESHAPE</a>, <br>
<a href="SIZE.html#SIZE">SIZE</a>
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